REPORTING VERBS

Form
1 Verb + that+ S+ V

Verbs
insist(insistir)

explain (explicar)

declare (declarar)
Suggest (sugerir)

advise (aconsejar)

promise(prometer)

Examples
I repeat. You must be more
polite, she said.= She insisted that
I have/ had to be more polite.
The connectors are useful to
organize the writinghe said.= He
explained that the connectors are
useful to organize the writing.
He is guilty, they said= They
said that he is/was guilty.
Why dont we stay at home?, he
said.= He suggested that we
stay/stayed at home.
You ought to sleep more hours,
she said.= She advised that I ought
to sleep more hours.
Ill phone you he said.= He
promised that hell phone me/he
would phone me.

accept(aceptar)
admit (admitir)
agree (acordar)
announce (anunciar)
complain (quejarse)
insist (insistir)
predict (predecir)
recommend
(recomendar)
reply ( responder)
reveal (revelar)
say (decir)
suggest (sugerir)
warn (avisar)
Verb+object+that

tell, advice, warn

Verb+to+object+that

explain, admit,insist,
recommend, say,
suggest.

2 Verb+ gerund

apologize (for)
(pedir disculpas por)
suggest (sugerir)

recommend

Im sorry for being late= He

apologized for being late.
Lets meet at the caf at 8
oclock, she said.= She suggested
meeting at the caf at 8 oclock.
Study 3 hours a day, she said.=
She recommended studying 3
hours a day.

3 Verb+object+to+infinitive

Invite (inviter)

Beg (rogar)

Advise (aconsejar)

Warn (advertir)

Would you like to go to the

premiere with me,he said.= He
invited me to go to the premiere
with him.
Please, dont tell me more lies,
she told Ben.= She begged Tom
not to tell her more lies.
You should go to the doctor, my
mother said.= My mother advised
me to go to the doctor.
Dont drive so fast, she said.=
She warned me not to drive so
fast.

ask (pedir)
order (ordenar)
remind( recorder)
tell (decir)
4 Verb+to+infinitive

agree

offer

promise

refuse
Verb+that+S+should+INF Suggest
5

recommend

OK. Well stay in that hotel, he

said.= He agreed to stay in that
hotel.
Ill do the washing-up today, he
said.= He offered to do the
washing up that day.
Ill tidy up my room, she said.=
She promised to tidy her room.
I wont give up,he said.= He
refused to give up.
Why dont we meet later, he
said.= He suggested that we
should meet later.
Dont eat so much fast food, he
said.= He recommended that I
shouldnt eat so much fast food.